On View: Adam Miller and Richard T. Scott’s “Effigies and Idols”

Approaching contemporary themes with classical painting styles, Adam Miller (who is featured in our current issue) and Richard T. Scott currently have a two-person show at Last Rites Gallery in New York titled “Effigies and Idols” alongside Santiago Caruso’s “Ars Obscura” (covered here.) Masterfully rendering the human body, Miller creates delicate, emotionally poignant-scenes that evoke Romanticism and science fiction alike. The artist explores mankind’s sense of invincibility and foresees a future where the detrimental environmental impact of technology leads to disaster. Richard T. Scott’s works, on the other hand, cultivate a sense of foreboding with their obsessive focus on dead fowls. Referencing 19th-century portraiture, Scott takes us into a haunted microcosm plagued by death and loss. Take a look at some of the works in the show below, images courtesy of Last Rites Gallery, and check out “Effigies and Idols” before it closes on April 6.